in ’06, but it didn’t even grow as much as it had in ’02,’03,’04 and ’05! Fantastic! Last year, Pasco’s population grew 5.5%. Total Tri-Cities population now stands at 168,650. West Richland adds another 10,000+ people to the mix. My favorite quote from the Tri-City Herald’s story is from Dean Schau, our local doom-and-gloom economist (yes, I know […]
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I admit I’m a little heavy on the West Richland blog posts, but I live there, so I know this stuff! In 2004, the Wiley Elementary PTO was asked to spearhead an effort to get new computers for the school’s computer lab. The PTO that year tabled the suggestion for next year’s PTO to handle. […]
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I traveled to Ireland over ten years ago. Before I went, and while I was there, I heard about the famous friendliness of the Irish people. If you ask for directions, they’ll close down the shop and walk with you (’tis easiest that way). Every single cashier thanked me for me ‘custom’. When we were […]
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Move over, Wiley Elementary, there’s a new school in town. And it’s bringing some trepidation and uncertainty with it. I had a mom approach me the other day, “Cari! Are your kids going to White Bluffs or staying at Wiley next year?” I told her we live squarely on top of what is called ‘bird […]
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Don’t you just love the county fair? I have great memories of the county fair of my childhood years. I think it’s crazy, in retrospect, to think of a fair in Los Angeles County! They still have it, I know, I just don’t think of huge, sprawling LA holding that bastion of small-town living and entertainment…a fair! […]
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Probably like most Americans of a certain age, I first heard the phrase caveat emptor in the Brady Bunch episode in which Greg buys a car he was told would be easy to fix up but isn’t. Like “Find out what you do best and do your best with it”, “caveat emptor…let the buyer beware” is […]
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